Maple Syrup

I really like pancakes. I also really like genuine maple syrup with them, not the artificial stuff. Recently I bought a bottle that tastes kind of funky, which got me thinking: what brands are the best, and where does it come from? So what are your thoughts. Which brand do you prefer and where does the syrup come from?

Pure Canadian maple syrup is really the only kind worth eating. I was told by one of my Canadian relatives that in Vermont they put brown sugar in the syrup. Whether that's true or not, I have no idea...

Oh man, there are so many different types and brands of real maple syrup that I don't really know the names of any. It may just be a low grade syrup that you bought (or high grade, some people are so used to the dark amber stuff that they think light amber maple syrup tastes funny ).
Since there are so many brands that vary wherever you are, I say just find one that you like and stick with it.

Anyway, I say the best maple syrup is the stuff that my dad used to make back when we lived in New Hampshire. Amazing.

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Pure Canadian maple syrup is really the only kind worth eating. I was told by one of my Canadian relatives that in Vermont they put brown sugar in the syrup. Whether that's true or not, I have no idea...

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I hear they also eat their babies.

Anyhow, I get mine at Whole Foods or Trader Joes and buy the lightest grade they've got. Light Amber, Fancy, whatever you call it. They real light lovely tasty stuff that almost looks like water. Most of it seems to come from Canada, with the occasional bottle of Vermont syrup.

Ooohhh! I love some Maple Syrup...if you like it that much you should buy a Maple Syrup smelling candle!!! I have one---I don't even have to light it. I just take the top off and it fills my whole apartment with the smell of pancakes!!! LOL Yum!

Pure Canadian maple syrup is really the only kind worth eating. I was told by one of my Canadian relatives that in Vermont they put brown sugar in the syrup. Whether that's true or not, I have no idea...

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Oh Canada...Your relatives are absolutely right. As a confirmed maple leaf hugging, Roots wearing, 'eh?'-ing Canadian I loudly and defiantly proclaim that Canadian maple syrup is the best! There is NO other substitute!

(BTW, for those non-initiates, Roots is a clothing brand, not the tree members.)

Canadian maple syrup IS the best. Nova Scotian is the best of the best. I am, however, biased. When I was a kid we tapped our own trees and had the best pancakes ever. Quebec syrup if you can't find the best...

It is my understanding that it takes quite a bit of maple sap to process a small amount of syrup. That would be cool however!

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You are correct. It really depends from year to year but the average from my grandparents tree is about 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.

And really maple syrup will keep for quite a long time because on the VERY high sugar content. Since my grandparents make there own syrup we almost always have a lot...which is good!! The best way to keep syrup good is to put it in the freezer after it is opened. With my grandparents syrup the sugar content is so high that it never actually freezes it just turns into this really really thick syrup.

I guess the best place to get syrup from would be a local farm that makes it, as it really is the best.

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